cups: password disclosure via debug log
Published Jun 2, 2008
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.55%
Description
The scheduler in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.3, when debug logging is enabled and a printer requires a password, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (credentials) by reading the log data, related to "authentication environment variables."
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of cups as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.55% (0.01548) | 74.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.55% (0.01548) | 71.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 44.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.40% (0.01395) | 86.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00194) | 58.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00213) | 59.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 59.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 57.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020145 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29484 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1033 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449746 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42713 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1033
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1033
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020145 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29484 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1033 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449746 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42713 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1033 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1033 |
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